{"url_path":"/sec/gpmt/8-k/2026-06-05/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-05","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/0001104659-26-070983-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-070983","cik":"0001703644","ticker":"GPMT","issuer_name":"Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/0001104659-26-070983-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001703644","primary_entity_name":"Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc."},"word_count":330,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**\n\n \n\nThe Company held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders\n(the “Annual Meeting”) on June 4, 2026, for the purpose of: (i) electing seven directors to serve on the Board until\nthe 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; (ii) approving on an advisory basis the compensation of the Company’s named executive\nofficers; and (iii)  ratifying the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public\naccounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026.\n\n \n\nOn April 6, 2026, the record date for the\nAnnual Meeting, there were 47,919,625 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.\nThere were 34,123,267 shares represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum for the transaction of business.\n\n \n\n**Proposal 1 — Election of Directors**\n\n \n\nEach of the seven director nominees proposed by\nthe Board was elected to serve as a director until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until his or her successor\nis duly elected and qualified. The voting results for each director nominee were as follows:\n\n \n\nNominee \nFor  \nAgainst  \nAbstain  \nBroker Non-Votes \n\nTanuja M. Dehne \n 18,154,513  \n 1,588,603  \n 1,322,250  \n 13,057,901 \n\nPatrick G. Halter \n 19,172,126  \n 1,591,607  \n 301,633  \n 13,057,901 \n\nStephen G. Kasnet \n 18,055,156  \n 1,705,297  \n 1,304,913  \n 13,057,901 \n\nSheila K. McGrath \n 19,195,496  \n 1,618,761  \n 251,109  \n 13,057,901 \n\nLazar Nikolic \n 19,223,834  \n 1,594,838  \n 246,694  \n 13,057,901 \n\nJohn A. Taylor \n 19,238,468  \n 1,593,103  \n 233,795  \n 13,057,901 \n\nHope B. Woodhouse \n 18,010,372  \n 1,738,012  \n 1,316,982  \n 13,057,901 \n\n \n\n**Proposal 2 — Approval of Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation**\n\n \n\nStockholders approved the advisory resolution\non the Company’s executive compensation. The proposal received the following final voting results:\n\n \n\n**For**\n \n**Against**\n \n**Abstain**\n \n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\n17,500,001\n \n2,152,885\n \n1,412,480\n \n13,057,901\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n** **\n\n**Proposal 3 — Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered\nPublic Accounting Firm**\n\n \n\nStockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst &\nYoung LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. The proposal\nreceived the following final voting results:\n\n \n\n**For**\n \n**Against**\n \n**Abstain**\n \n \n\n33,290,665\n \n395,844\n \n436,758"}